┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Killer Dwarfs - Dirty Weapons + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jan-27-2006 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1990 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......rainbow Songs........10 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.killerdwarfs.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Killer Dwarfs Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Dirty Weapons Label : Epic ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I remember hearing the song "Dirty Weapons" on ║ │ │║ some metal compilation and I just thought, what ║ │ │║ a great song. I had to check out more of the ║ │ │║ Killer Dwarfs. I remember seeing a video on MTV ║ │ │║ years and years ago where I think his name is ║ │ │║ Russ is in box being bounced around town. I ║ │ │║ can't remember the song but a very interesting ║ │ │║ video. I never saw it again. Needless to say ║ │ │║ label support was lacking with this band. That ║ │ │║ is why they didn't get the video rotation or ║ │ │║ airplay back then. Evidence is this here album ║ │ │║ or should I say CD. The material on this is ║ │ │║ strong rock and even contains a power ballad, ║ │ │║ "Doesn't Mattter", a prerequisite in the 80's ║ │ │║ hair band days. The band liked it so much they ║ │ │║ released it again on the "Method To The Madness" ║ │ │║ CD, the era from where this recording hails. ║ │ │║ Anyway let's get to the music. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 1. Dirty Weapons 10/10. Just fantastic ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 2. Nothin' Gets Nothin' 9/10 Great riffs ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 3. All That We Dream 9/10 Great beat ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 4. Doesn't Matter 8/10 I am not a huge power ║ │ │║ ballad fan but a good song nonetheless. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 5. Last Laugh 8/10 a good rocker ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 6. Comin' Through 10/10 Another of the big songs ║ │ │║ from this release. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 7. One Way Out 9/10 very good song that keeps ║ │ │║ the momentum up ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 8. Appeal 7/10 one of the weaker songs ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 9. Not Foolin' 9/10 more great riffs ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 10. Want It Bad 9/10 great closer ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Most if not all of these songs have catchy ║ │ │║ chorus and just meaty guitar riffs. Very ║ │ │║ underrated album from the 80's. but wait. There ║ │ │║ is more. 5 BONUS TRACKS from the "Method To The ║ │ │║ Madness" CD. Not nearly as good of an album but ║ │ │║ the 2 best tunes are included here in "Method To ║ │ │║ The Madness" & "Cowboys And Conmen". The other 3 ║ │ │║ tracks are competent enough but "Dirty Weapons" ║ │ │║ the CD was still their best release. Check it ║ │ │║ out and see if you don't agree with me. The ║ │ │║ Bonus tracks just help make this an even better ║ │ │║ CD. Recommended for all fans of 80's metal. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ This record is really good!!! I wore out my ║ │ │║ cassette back in the 90's so I had to buy it on ║ │ │║ disc. Very underrated band that were talented ║ │ │║ and made really fun, rock music. Dirty Weapons, ║ │ │║ Last Laugh, Coming Through(my ode to the ║ │ │║ liberals), Not Foolin and Want it bad are just ║ │ │║ some of the gems here. A must buy. It should've ║ │ │║ sold at least 5 million, easy. Oh well, I bought ║ │ │║ it and that's all that matters. I'm happy and ║ │ │║ you will be too, so get it, now. This is one of ║ │ │║ the last real good metal records to come out ║ │ │║ before the horrible grunge sound ruined it all. ║ │ │║ This is a must have. Buy it, crank it up and ║ │ │║ grab a cold one...rock on. Go Dunk!!! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ With a name like Killer Dwarfs, how could you go ║ │ │║ wrong? Oh, you've never heard of them? Well, ║ │ │║ neither did I until 12 years ago when I forgot ║ │ │║ to send back that damn music club reply card. I ║ │ │║ found the band's fourth album, Dirty Weapons in ║ │ │║ my mailbox. To my surprise, they blew me away! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Formed in 1981, Killer Dwarfs established a ║ │ │║ solid following in their home country of Canada ║ │ │║ with their self-titled debut. In 1984 the U.S. ║ │ │║ started to take notice when the band released ║ │ │║ Keep the Spirit Alive, the first single from ║ │ │║ their sophomore album entitled Stand Tall. The ║ │ │║ accompanying video was added to regular rotation ║ │ │║ on MTV. Later that year Killer Dwarfs were ║ │ │║ signed by Epic Records to a worldwide deal. The ║ │ │║ band released their second album for Epic, Dirty ║ │ │║ Weapons in 1990. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The title track opens the album with a driving ║ │ │║ metal riff that says, "Let's rock!" (Though the ║ │ │║ message is highly political.) Russ Dwarf has a ║ │ │║ great melodic voice, which can be compared to ║ │ │║ Jack Russell (Great White) but with a much ║ │ │║ higher range. Guitarist Mike Dwarf tears it up ║ │ │║ with catchy hooks, and shredding solos in the ║ │ │║ vain of George Lynch (Dokken) among others. All ║ │ │║ of the songs including "Nothing Gets Nothing", ║ │ │║ "All That We Dream", "Last Laugh", and "Coming ║ │ │║ Through" have the typical metal format: Opening ║ │ │║ riff, verse, chorus, solo, back to verse. But, ║ │ │║ isn't that what we loved about 80's metal? "One ║ │ │║ Way Out" has a 'bluesy' tone to it. As the album ║ │ │║ winds down with "Appeal", "Not Fooling", and ║ │ │║ "Want it Bad", the music loses the punch that ║ │ │║ the earlier songs had, but are still great ║ │ │║ melodic pieces. The bands biggest hit off the ║ │ │║ album was "It Doesn't Matter", an acoustic ║ │ │║ ballad. It went to number one in 13 cities. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ If you're a fan of 80's metal, you need to pick ║ │ │║ up Dirty Weapons. It's a great metal album that ║ │ │║ got lost in the shuffle. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I'm wondering who will be reading this review? ║ │ │║ About the only person that might be checking out ║ │ │║ Killer Dwarfs stuff is Jim Bob Dwarf. Oh well. I ║ │ │║ bought the original version of this back in ║ │ │║ 1990. I just thought they had a cool name and ║ │ │║ wondered what they sounded like. To my suprise, ║ │ │║ this was a pretty good album. It has an 80's ║ │ │║ melodic metal sound. No filler here. I also have ║ │ │║ the album that the extra tracks come from. Those ║ │ │║ songs are pretty good too. I would recommend ║ │ │║ this to anyone who liked late 80's metal and has ║ │ │║ some money to burn. GO DUNK!! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ This is KD's 4th album, originally released in ║ │ │║ 1990. This re-mastered version includes 5 bonus ║ │ │║ tracks lifted from their next album, "Method To ║ │ │║ The Madness" (another 6 tracks appeared on the ║ │ │║ "Big Deal" re-mastered CD). Left out of these ║ │ │║ re-issues is the re-recorded version of "Doesn't ║ │ │║ Matter". ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ "Dirty Weapons" is a nice follow-up to "Big ║ │ │║ Deal", and shows that the band has evolved: the ║ │ │║ material has more complex arrangements, not as ║ │ │║ "simple and catchy" as "Big Deal". It takes a ║ │ │║ few listens to absorb, and I don't like it as ║ │ │║ much as "Big Deal"; it has good guitar work and ║ │ │║ is well produced. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Listen to the tracks "Dirty Weapons" and "All ║ │ │║ That We Dream": the first is more in the vein of ║ │ │║ the "Big Deal" album, while the latter ║ │ │║ represents the general "sound" of "Dirty ║ │ │║ Weapons". ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ And if you're like me and both tracks appeal to ║ │ │║ you, you're in for a treat if you get both ║ │ │║ albums from this under-rated band. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Dirty Weapons [03:39] │ │ 02 - Nothin' Gets Nothin' [03:27] │ │ 03 - All That We Dream [04:30] │ │ 04 - Doesn't Matter [04:39] │ │ 05 - Last Laugh [03:34] │ │ 06 - Comin' Through [03:39] │ │ 07 - One Way Out [03:33] │ │ 08 - Appeal [03:36] │ │ 09 - Not Foolin' [03:52] │ │ 10 - Want It Bad [04:36] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [39:05 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘